Hinge



Dec; 11, 1923.

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Patented Dec. 11, 1923.

UNITED STATES .rosnrn soss, or BROOKLYN, new YORK.

HINGE. I

Application filed June 23; 1922. Serial No. 570,446.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH Soss, a citizen of the UnitedStates, andresiding at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Hinges, of which thefollowing is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to hinges and particularly to devices of thisclass the separate butts of which are composed of sheet metal fashionedto the desired form to give the required strength and rigidity to theseparate butts of the hinge, and the object of the invention is toprovide a hinge of the class specified, one of the butts of which iscomposed of one or more metallic parts fashioned to the desired form andto receive the other of said hinge butts; a further ob- 'ect being to soform that portion of the inge butts which are joined or connected by theusual pivot pin as to produce the greatest possible strength in saidhinge butts where joined; and with these and other ob- 'ects in view theinvention consists in a inge of the class and for the purpose specifiedwhich is simple in construction, eflicient in use and which isconstructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention described and claimed herein "is an improvement on thatshown and described in prior patents granted to me December 28, 1920,and bearing Numbers 1,363,371 and 1,363,372 respectively, and is fullydisclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanyingdrawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement aredesignated by suiable reference characters in each of the views, and inwhich Fig. 1 is a plan view of one form of my improved hinge showing theseparate butts in an extended position;

F i 2 a partial section on the line 22 of F ig. 1 with one of the hingebutts omitted;

Fig. 3 a partial section on the line 33 of Fig. 2;

F ig. 4 a side face view of one part of one of the hinge butts shown inFigs. 1 to 3 1nelusive;

Fig. 5 a similar view of the other part of said hinge butt;

Fig. 6 a view similar to Fig. 4 but showing another modification; and

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Fig. 7 apartial section on the line 99 of Fig. 8.

In Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, I have shown one form of my improved hinge,and in said figures I have shown at 12 one butt of the hinge and at 13the other butt thereof, said butts being of any desired form andconstruction and as shown in the accompanying drawing, the butt 12 iscomposed-of an outer sheet metal casing portion 12? and an inner coreand filler portion 12 which may, if desired, also be composed of sheetmetal and which is secured to the part 12? by riveting, brazing, weldingor in any other desired manner. I

The part 12 of the hinge butt 12 is of substantial channel formation incross section or provided with top and bottom flanges 14, and theseflanges are enlarged as shown at 15 at the curved end 16 of the butt 12to form bearings for a suitable pivot pin 17 in the usual manner, andthe rounded or clurved portion 16 of the butt 12 is cut away as shown at18.

The part 12* of the butt 12 in the construction shown is also composedof sheet metal and the shank portion 19 thereof is preferably of suchthickness as to fill the channel formed by the flanges 14 of the part 12and the end ofi the part 12 which fits within the curved portion 16 ofthe part 12 is fashioned to conform with the part 12 and is cut out asshown at 20 to form three ring-like bearing members 21, two of which arelocated beneath the enlarged portions 15 of the flanges 14 and the otherof which is located centrally of the curved end16 of the hinge butt 12,as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing, and the pin 17 is adapted topass through the bearings 21 as clearly shown in said figure. The part12 serves to reinforce and stren hen the part 12"and particularly torein orce and strengthen that portion of the hinged butt 12, or the part12 thereof, through which the pin 17 is passed. The other hinge butt 13is provided with ears adapted to encircle the pin 17 between theseparate bearings 21 as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of thedrawing. It will be understood that while .the part 12 of the hinge buttis shown as com- V: l L" P posed of sheet metal that the same may bedrawing, and in which I provide an independent bearing member 26 whichis placed centrally of the curved portion 23 and 'secured thereto bywelding, brazing or in any other desired manner.

As hereinbefore stated I am not necessarily limited to any specificshape or form of the body portion of the hinge butts 12 and 13, nor tothe manner in which said body portions are formed, and various changesin and modifications of the construction herein shown and described maybe made, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing fromthe spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention,

what I claim as new and desire to. secure.

by Letters Patent, is:-

1. A hinge of the class described, one of the butts of which is composedof a sheet metal shell or facing member provided with a curved end, acore or filler member for said first named member and conforming withthe general. shape of said first named member and that portion of saidlast named member within the curved end portion of the first namedmember being provided with independent bearing members adapted toreceive the usual pivot pin for joining the separate butts of the hingetogether.

2. A hinge of the class described, one of the butts of which is composedof a sheet metal shell or facing member provided with a curved end, acore or filler member for said first named member and conforming withthe general shape of said first named member and secured thereto to forma part thereof, said last named member being composed of sheet metal andthat portion thereof within the curved end portion of the first namedmember being cut out and fashioned to form substantial circular hearingmembers for the usual pivot pin for joining the separate butts of thehinge together.

3. A hinge of the class described, one of the butts of which is composedof a sheet metal shell or facing member provided with a curved end, acore or filler member for said first named member and conforming withthe general shape of said first named member and secured thereto to forma part thereof, said last named member being composed of sheet metal andthat portion thereof within the curved end portion of the first namedmember being out out and fashioned to form substantially circularbearing members for the usual pivot pin for joining the separate buttsof the hinge together, and said first named member being provided withparts adapted to cooperate with a number of the barings of said lastnamed member.

4. A hinge butt of the class described comprising a body portion one endof which is fashioned to form a substantially semicircular hollowportion having top and bottom walls through which the usual pivot pin isadapted to pass, and means for reinforcing the semi-circular hollowportion of the hinge butt comprising a member formed independent of saidhinge butt and secured thereto.

5. A hinge butt of the class described comprising a body portion one endof which is fashioned to form a. substantially semicircular hollowportion having top and bottom walls through which the usual pivot pin isadapted to pass, and means for reinforcing the semi-circular hollowportion of the hinge butt comprising a tubular bearing member formedindependent of and secured to said hinge butt.

6. A hinge butt of the class described comprising a body portion one endof which is fashioned to form a substantially semi-circular hollowportion having top and bottom walls through which the usual pivot pin isadapted to pass, means for reinforcing the semi-circular hollow portionof the hinge butt comprising a member formed independent of said hingebutt and secured thereto, and that portion of said member which extendsinto the hook-shaped end of the body portion being divided into separatebearing members. 7

7. hinge butt of the class described comprising a body portion composedof sheet'metal, said body portion being substantially U-shaped in formin cross section and provided with a'hook-shaped end por-. tion havingtop and bottom walls, and a sheet metal member mounted in the channel ofsaid body and secured thereto and provided within said hook-shaped endportion with independent bearing members.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signedmy-name this 21st day of June 1922.

JUSEPH $088.

